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The Rumic World stories were originally published separately in various Shōgakukan magazines. Rumic World was released twice in Japan, the first edition, Rumic World (るーみっくわーるど,Rūmikku Wārudo), utilized the tankoban format, and consisted of three volumes:

The second edition, Hozonban Rūmikku Wārudo Takahashi Rumiko Kessaku Tampenshū (【保存版】るーみっくわーるど 高橋留美子傑作短編集), in wideban format, contained the same stories, reduced into two volumes, with the stories in a different order:

Another collection of similar short stories not included in either of the first two editions, was titled either One or Double (１ ｏｒ Ｗ,Wan oa Daburu), or Rumic World Rumiko Takahashi Presents "The Collection of Short Stories" (【るーみっくわーるど】高橋留美子短編集,Rūmikku Wārudo Takahashi Rumiko Tampenshū) This book also uses the wideban format,[4] and contains the following stories:

Some of Takahashi's stories were printed in Manga-vizion magazine in a "flipped" style [5] and are no longer in print.

While Viz Media initially published two Rumic World stories in 1989 and 1990, it published a three volume set of the Rumic World collection in 1996, corresponding to the Japanese editions, with a different order to the stories:

Volume 1

"Fire Tripper": A gas explosion sends young Suzuko and Shuu 500 years into the past.

"Maris the Chojo": An alien policeman sees a kidnapped quadrillionaire as her ticket out of debt.